Fourteen State Groups Ordered Into Federal Service War Strength Raised
Fourteen state organizations are ordered into federal service as President issues directives to boost the navy to full war strength of 87 000 men. Measures are taken to guard arsenals munition works and strategic points nationwide as the country braces for imminent hostilities. In reports from the front French forces push toward St Quentin amid heavy fighting with German units along the Somme and Aisne sectors.
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Somme
Aisne
St. Quentin
French War Office
St Quentin
Castres
Essigny le Grand
Nations move to war footing as mobilization begins
Secretary Daniels appeals for recruits while National Guardsmen in Bay State are mobilized to defend key assets. President Wilson orders full Navy strength and creates two new Atlantic coast military departments to accelerate mobilization for potential war. The steps aim to safeguard industries and critical federal sites as Congress prepares to act.
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Massachusetts
War Department
Congress
Washington
Wilson
Atlantic Coast
General Wood Is Sent South
General Leonard Wood has been sent south from Governors Island where he has commanded the Department of the East. The move places him in charge of the newly created Department of the South, covering the old Southern states. Continued on Page 4 Fourth Col.
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General Wood
Washington
Coronda Survivors Reach Safety After Torpedo Sinking
Twenty one survivors of the British steamer Coronda, torpedoed 150 miles off the Irish coast on March 13, arrived at Halifax aboard a British steamer nine hours after the disaster. Nine men were lost when their lifeboat capsized during escape.
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Halifax
N. S
Coronda
Survivors witness sea battle as submarine appears doomed
The rescued crew from a tramp steamer watched another tramp steamer engage a submarine just after boarding the rescuing steamer. A Coronda crew member described sighting the submarine and a moving target that resembled a steamer coming up, suggesting the submarine took a fatal hit.
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Coronda
Police Purpose of Protection Orders Reported
Washington despatches describe the orders as for police purposes of protection while noting that, if war occurs, continuation is expected. The Boston Post advertises Lovell & Covel caramels as a big import house with a large selling organization and mentions egg output and distribution details.
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Washington
Hana Big
Sie Pesto
Semeactis
Boston Post
Weather notices and historical anniversary item
A compact weather and anniversary snippet notes fair and warmer conditions for Boston and southern New England, with rain and lower temperatures possible Tuesday. It includes a 1676 reference to Marlboro destroyed by Indians and forecasts for Monday and Tuesday with winds from the southwest.
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Marlboro
Mass
Boston
Washington
New England
Maine
Fatal Two at Greenfield Electric Plant After Live Wire Incident
At the Greenfield Electric Light and Power Co plant two men were killed and a third badly burned when a six foot steel frame worker slipped and touched a live 18,000 volt wire. Rollo B. Kinsman died instantly. Frank Allen and Edward Leurkahardt attempted aid. Allen survived but Leurkahardt was also killed.
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Greenfield
Greenfield Electric Light and “Power Company
Rollo B. Kinsman
Frank Allen
Edward Leurknhardt
Allen
Leurkahardt
Burglar Fires Shot At Man In Saugus Home
A burglar trapped at the home of Mrs. Clarence W. Fox at 70 Lincoln Avenue Saugus fired one shot at Horace K. Atherton Jr the son in law of Mrs Fox narrowly missing him then knocked Mrs Fox down and plunged head first through a plate glass window and escaped
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Clarence W. Fox
Lincoln Avenue
Saugus
Horace K. Atherton, Jr
French Grand Prize To Cardinal Mercier
Paris reports the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences awarded Cardinal Mercier of Belgium its 15 000 franc grand prize for “the finest and greatest acts of devotion” and to honor his patriotism justice and devotion to the poor.
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Paris
Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Academy
France
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